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Flash Flood — Grundy, IA

May 21, 2024

PLEASE NOTE, for tornadoes, please see separate Storm Data entry for May 21st. ||Multiple rounds of thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall, damaging winds, hail and destructive tornadoes to the state. These thunderstorms were the result of a low pressure system which lifted north into the area on the night of May 20th, 2024, producing slow moving storms that dropped 2 to 4 inches of rainfall. This resulted in flash flooding over portions of northern and central Iowa through the morning of May

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1183347). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Grundy, IA

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